Apple Logic Pro /LogicExpress Discussion

I am not quite following this. If you have an external synth module, you 
don't need to cable anything. You just create a multi-instrument, then make sure 
to click on however many tracks are active on the hardware device (e.g. 
Kurzweil all 16, Nova 1-6, Nord 1-4, etc.). Then set the midi port to agree with the 
port the midi cables are plugged into. Then go to the arrange window, and take 
a midi track, and select the item and midi channel. I don't think there is a 
record button there - just on the transport, but you can tell without 
recording, by playing something on your controller keyboard when you have Logic 
selecting the given channel.

For example, if you have a USB keyboard, then hook up an Access Virus 
hardware synth to port 3 (channels 1-8 activated), then create a track on the arrange 
page of Logic, hold down the mouse to select Multi-instrument (hopefully you 
named it "virus' on the environment page so you can find it easier again) and 
select "Virus > Channel 1". Then play notes on the usb keyboard and you should 
hear them come out of the audio outputs of the virus. as you change tracks in 
logic, you should hear the different patches on the virus. 


> New Logic Express user here...Quick question. I set up my multi-
> instruments (external synth modules) in my MIDI instruments layer in
> the Environment, then cabled them to my associated tracks in my audio
> layer in the Environment. Upon going back to the Arrange window, I
> noticed that my audio tracks have a record button to arm, but none of
> the multi-instrument tracks have that record button. I can play my
> external modules with no problem, but can't figure out why there are
> no record buttons. Did I miss something in the multi-instrument setup
> in the Environment, or something as far back as in Logic Setup
> Assistant. Still scratchin my head! Thanks!
> 




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